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Which war did Chamberlain have major responsibility for causing?

  • World War I

  • Second Boer War

  • American Civil War

  • Crimean War

Answer

Joseph Chamberlain had major responsibility for causing the Second Boer War, a conflict in which the British Empire fought the two Boer republics of the Transvaal and the Orange Free State. The war was caused by a number of factors, including British imperial expansionism, Boer resistance to British rule, and the discovery of gold in the Transvaal.
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